Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective (Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology, and Cognition)

This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first to do so within a specifically developmental framework. This area of cognitive function has received increasing attention over the past decade, and it is now established that the frontal lobes, and associated executive functions, are critical for efficient functioning in daily life. It is also clear, and of particular relevance to this text, that these functions develop gradually through childhood, and then deteriorate during old age. These developmental trajectories, and the impact of any interruption to them, are the focus of this volume. Towards A Developmental Model Of Executive Function / Peter J. Anderson -- Developmental Trajectories Of Executive Functions Across The Lifespan / Cinzia R. De Luca And Richard J. Leventer -- Adult Aging And Executive Functioning / Louise H. Phillips And Julie D. Henry -- Recovery From Frontal Cortical Injury During Development / Bryan Kolb, Marie Monfils, And Nicole Sherren -- Methodological And Conceptual Issues In Understanding The Development Of Executive Control In The Preschool Period / Kimberley Andrews Espy ... [et Al.] -- Development And Assessment Of Executive Function : From Preschool To Adolescence / Vicki Anderson ... [et Al.] -- Assessment Of Executive Functioning In Older Adults / Tracey Wardill And Vicki Anderson -- Assessment Of Behavioral Aspects Of Executive Function / Gerard A. Gioia, Peter K. Isquith, And Laura E. Kenealy -- Pediatric Neuroimaging Studies : A Window To Neurocognitive Development Of The Frontal Lobes / Amanda G. Wood And Elizabeth Smith -- Executive Functioning And Attention In Children Born Preterm / Kelly Howard, Peter J. Anderson, And H. Gerry Taylor -- Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury, Executive Functions, And Social Outcomes : Toward An Integrative Model For Research And Clinical Practice / Keith Owen Yeates And Vicki Anderson -- Executive Functions After Frontal Lobe Insult In Childhood / Vicki Anderson, Rani Jacobs, And A. Simon Harvey -- Prefrontal Cortex And The Maturation Of Executive Functions, Cognitive Expertise, And Social Adaptation / Paul J. Eslinger And Kathleen R. Biddle -- Attention Deficits And The Frontal Lobes / Vicki Anderson -- Frontotemporal Dementia : Correlations Between Pathology And Function / Julie Snowden -- From A-synucleopathy To Executive Dysfunction : Early-stage Parkinson's Disease / Michael M. Saling And Jennifer Bradshaw -- Models For The Rehabilitation Of Executive Impairments / Barbara A. Wilson And Jonathan Evans -- Helping Children Without Making Them Helpless : Facilitating Development Of Executive Self-regulation In Children And Adolescents / Mark Ylivasaker And Timothy Feeney -- Intervention Approaches For Executive Dysfunction Following Brain Injury In Childhood / Cathy Catroppa And Vicki Anderson -- Social Information Processing Difficulties In Adults And Implications For Treatment / Skye Mcdonald. Edited By Vicki Anderson, Rani Jacobs, Peter J. Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Title Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables Editors Contributors Note from the Series Editor Preface Section I: A developmental–theoretical framework for executive function 1 Towards a developmental model of executive function 2 Developmental trajectories of executive functions across the lifespan 3 Adult aging and executive functioning 4 Recovery from frontal cortical injury during development Section II: Assessment of executive function across the lifespan 5 Methodological and conceptual issues in understanding the development of executive control in the preschool period 6 Development and assessment of executive function: From preschool to adolescence 7 Assessment of executive functioning in older adults 8 Assessment of behavioral aspects of executive function 9 Pediatric neuroimaging studies: A window to neurocognitive development of the frontal lobes Section III: Impairments of executive function across the lifespan 10 Executive functioning and attention in children born preterm 11 Childhood traumatic brain injury, executive functions, and social outcomes: Toward an integrative model for research and clinical practice 12 Executive functions after frontal lobe insult in childhood 13 Prefrontal cortex and the maturation of executive functions, cognitive expertise, and social adaptation 14 Attention deficits and the frontal lobes 15 Frontotemporal dementia: Correlations between pathology and function 16 From alpha-synucleinopathy to executive dysfunction: Early-stage parkinson’s disease Section IV: Rehabilitation of impairments in executive function 17 Models for the rehabilitation of executive impairments 18 Helping children without making them helpless: Facilitating development of executive self-regulation in children and adolescents 19 Intervention approaches for executive dysfunction following brain injury in childhood 20 Social information processing difficulties in adults and implications for treatment Author Index Subject Index Explores the issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. This book focusses on the developmental trajectories, and the impact of any interruption to them